Jonathan Knoll

Current

Freelance Interface Engineer at Schematic
Principal/Developer/Designer at Infinity Plus One Consulting, LLC

Past

Senior Web Developer (Consultant) at Time Inc. Interactive
User Experience Consultant at Night Agency
Volunteer at Taproot Foundation

Senior Interface Engineer (Freelance) at IconNicholson
Web Interface Developer (Consultant) at Bright Pages, LLC
Information Architect / User Experience Lead at Standard & Poor's
Web Interface Developer at Standard & Poor's
Software Test Engineer at RoyaltyShare
Web Developer & Administrator at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
Content Engineer at EoExchange, Inc.

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Education

University of California, San Diego
Michigan State University
The Hebrew University

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

Infinity Plus One Consulting

Jonathan Knoll’s Summary

From Information Architecture to Interaction Design, complete solutions for your web application needs. Experience developing front- and back-end web applications using the current technologies.

For more information, go to www.infinityplusone.com.

Jonathan Knoll’s Specialties:

Web Development (Front-end or Back-end); User Experience; Interaction Design; Test Engineering; Information Architecture; Interface Engineer; Front-end Developer; Computational Linguistics; Political Science

Jonathan Knoll’s Experience

Freelance Interface Engineer

Schematic

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Principal/Developer/Designer

Infinity Plus One Consulting, LLC

(Online Media industry)

August 2000 — Present (9 years)

For more information, go to www.infinityplusone.com.
Senior Web Developer (Consultant)

Time Inc. Interactive

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

July 2008 — December 2008 (6 months)

Had enviable role of roaming gnome, working on most titles on an as-needed basis; these included: Real Simple, Health, InStyle, MyRecipes, and MyHomeIdeas.

Primary front-end developer for RealSimpleRealLife.com, Recipes.Health.com, TVFan.EW.com.
User Experience Consultant

Night Agency

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2008 — December 2008 (9 months)

Led brainstorming sessions for client sites and pitches.

Successfully advocated for reconceptualization of UX strategy for multiple clients, while contributing directly to interaction design and information architecture activities.

Work includes: FilenesBasement.com, VanKampen.com, Purex.com
Volunteer

Taproot Foundation

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Senior Interface Engineer (Freelance)

IconNicholson

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

November 2007 — June 2008 (8 months)

Have been developing front-end solutions and prototypes for multiple concurrent projects in disparate environments for past nine months.

Assisted in implementing variations of front-end code for Valspar Paint website, and developed new front-end HTML/CSS/JSP templates for their Cabot Stains website.

Front-end development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript for various clients including MasterCard, Regeneron, and Robin Hood.

Links:
www.mastercard.com/us/personal/es/
www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/
www.cabotstains.com
www.valspar.com
www.capseducationnetwork.com
Web Interface Developer (Consultant)

Bright Pages, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

Short-term engagement as principal web interface developer for their brightpages.com product. (Live on 08/06/08)

Implemented HTML/CSS/JavaScript in JSP and GWT environments for early development of their 2.0 site.
Information Architect / User Experience Lead

Standard & Poor's

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MHP; Financial Services industry)

January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)

Was engaged as UI/UX design and technology expert for overhaul of one of the company's largest in-house web applications.
Created mockups and built functional front-end prototype for an in-house reporting web application.
Conducted reviews and provided recommendations for user interface changes for multiple stand-alone and web applications.
Web Interface Developer

Standard & Poor's

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MHP; Financial Services industry)

August 2006 — January 2007 (6 months)

Built functional prototype, HTML templates, and CSS stylesheets for new eCommerce product, using wireframes and Photoshop mockups alone.
Advised and implemented shift in web development paradigm for future of Advisor Insight product, by modeling a front-end interface which could mimic variable backends with minimal interaction between.
Worked on extending cross-browser compatibility for their various web applications.
Began work on addressing ADA accessibility concerns for certain web applications.
Software Test Engineer

RoyaltyShare

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

Initiated first broad testing program for royalty tracking system website, and wrote scripts for automated testing and analysis of website.
Worked directly with CTO in testing and guiding future product development of Royalty Tracking System.
Web Developer & Administrator

Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 4 months)

Completely redesigned and restructured website with focus on standardization and modularization, and implementation of dynamic content.
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS
San Diego JCC
Content Engineer

EoExchange, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

September 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 4 months)

Created tools as well as a testing suite for Content Team, and developed automation scripts for tracking and monitoring of content, as well as for delivery of e-mail notifications.
Designed, developed, and maintained Team's Intranet, and managed over a dozen separate databases on several machines.